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J. STRAND.

CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. I9I8.

Patented July 29, 1919.

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JOHN STRAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1919.

Application filed November 6, 1918. Serial No. 261,353.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN STRAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in carriers for invalids and more particularly to what is commonly known as invalids chairs. The chief object of the invention is to provide a wheeled chair primarily for the use of invalids which may be propelled by the occupant or by an attendant seated upon a mount at the rear of the chair, or by an attendant standing upon or treading a pedaling platform arranged at the rear of the chair. Means are provided at the rear of the chair whereby the attendant may guide the chair or the occupant, while operating the chair himself, may guide it by application of his feet to the front axle of the chair. With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and in which Figure 1 is a view of my improved carrier in side elevation. I

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same without the attendants mount.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of a slightly modified form showing the pedaling platform substituted for the attendants mount.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary view of one of the operating levers.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

My carrier comprises a base 1 provided with front wheels 2 and rear wheels 3, the,

axle 4 of the front wheels being pivotally secured to the base 1 and the axle 5 of the rear wheels forming a double crank shaft and being journaled in the said base 1. Upon the base 1 I arrange a chair, the legs 6 of which are secured to said base, said chair comprising the seat 7, side arms 8 and back 9. To the front axle 4 I secure a handle 10 which pivotally carries a bail 11 and which handle is formed with a longitudinal slot 12 through which a cross rod 13 extends which rod is substantially U-shaped, its ends being secured to the eyelets 14 carried at the forward ends of the chair arms 8. A supporting rod 15 also secured to the handle 10 supports the forward end of the removable canopy 16, the rear end of said canopy being supported by the closed end of the inverted U-shaped rod 17 which engages the eyelets 18, carried by the back 9, and passes over the hinges 19 secured to the said back 9. To the front end of the base 1 I secure a foot rest 20 secured in position by brace rods 21 connected to the front legs 6 of the chair. The occupant seated in the chair may guide the same by placing his feet upon the front axle 4 between the foot rest and the front wheels or he may guide it by means of the handle 10. To the chair arms 8 I secure brackets 22 and to the seat 7 I secure brackets 23, the brackets 22 serving as guides for the operating levers 24 which extend therethrough and through the brackets 23 and are fulcrumed upon pins 25 carried by the last named brackets and provided with the detachable handles 26. The levers 24 at their lower ends are connected by crank shaft or rear axle 5 and the occupant of the chair by manipulation of the hand levers in a well known manner can propel the carrier backward or forward.

The rear chair legs 6 are connected by a rod 28 to which a steering rod 29,-conn-ected to the front axle 4, may be releasably secured, said rod 29 being shown in Fig. 5 and in full lines, Fig. 1, anchored to the rod 28 to guide the carrier straight and being shown dotted in Fig. 1 in released position to permit the carrier to be turned to the right or left. A U-shaped bail 30 passes through screw eyes 31 and has its ends secured to the said rod 28, said screweyes being carried by the pedals 32 and together with said bail 30 terminally supporting the pedals. The pedals 32 at their opposite ends are connected by pitmen 33 to the axle 5. If preferred the pedals at their outer ends may be supported by stout springs 34, as shown in Fig. 3, which springs are connected to hooks 35 connected to a cross bar 36 secured to the back 9 of the chair. An attendant may stand upon the pedals 32, shown in Fig. 3, and tread same to rotate the axle 5 and drive the carrier. I also provide a mount 37 having wheels 38 and a seat 39 for the attendant. said mount being secured by a bar 40 and bolt 41 to a bracket 42 carried by the pitmen 27 t0 the double cross beam 36 The attendant upon the mount 37 can tread the pedals 32 and guide the machine by the rod 29.

l/Vhat is claimed is 1. In a carrier, a Wheeled chair, propel;

ling means operatively connected to the Whe of s i h i a dme redefines pair of handleve'rs fulcrumed to the chair seat, a rod connecting two or the'chalir legs",

U-shaped cross rod having its ends secured to the chair arms and its base portion engaging the aid'handle,

axles for the chair wheels, steering means'for the- WI-19615; of said chair, one, of the wheel axles being 'of double crank form-amen;

pedals, pitm'en connecting" said pedals and In a carrier, Wheeled chair, wheel the said double crank axle, terminal supporting means for said pedals connecting the Samean chthe qliairlegs, and a Wheeled mount secured to theback of said chair.

In a carrier, a Wheeled chair, a rod connecting two of the legs of said chair, a steeringrool forthe Wheels of said chair adapted for releasable engagement with the first named rod, one of the wheel axles being of double crank formation, pedals, pitmen connecting said pedals andthe saiddoublecrank axle, a supporting rod for said pedals connectingithe same and the first named rod, and a' wheeled mount connected to the said wheeled: chair.

In'te's'timony thatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiiXed my signature in the'presence'of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN STRAND.

Witnesses: 1 4

CHAS. W. NORDQUIST, CLARENCE O. NoRDQUIsT.

dopies of this gatlit may be obtained for fi v'e '.eitts ea'cli, ti yi a'iidres si n'g the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. CL 

